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Johannes Sontag (born August 3, 1884 in Altwarp , † March 24, 1941 in Kiel ) was a German naval officer , most recently an admiral doctor in World War II .

Life

After graduating from high school , Sontag joined the Imperial Navy on April 1, 1906 as a one-year volunteer . He then studied medicine. On March 1, 1913, he voluntarily joined the Imperial Navy again for a year as a marine doctor in the Kiel-Wik military hospital . He stayed here until October 31, 1913; on April 5, 1913 he was promoted to naval sub-doctor and on June 15, 1913 to naval assistant doctor (MAssA). From November 1 to December 23, 1913 he was employed as a ship's doctor in the 1st Torpedo Boat Half-Flotilla, and from January 10, 1914 to September 13, 1915, he was the second doctor on the liner SMS Schleswig-Holstein . On June 9, 1914, Sontag was appointed senior naval assistant doctor (MOAssA).

After serving on the Schleswig-Holstein , he was employed as a flotilla doctor in the 2nd submarine flotilla from September 14, 1915 to October 29, 1918 during the First World War ; on October 17, 1915, he was promoted to naval staff doctor. From October 30 to November 25, 1918 he was a department doctor at the Heligoland sea ​​flight station . Sontag acquired both classes of the Iron Cross during the war and was subsequently awarded the U-Boat War Badge in 1926 .

After the establishment of the Reichsmarine , Sontag was taken over into its service. He stayed at the commandant's office on Heligoland until October 16, 1919, after which he became a doctor on watch in the Kiel-Wik naval hospital. From December 1, 1919 to March 31, 1924, he served in the naval hospital and in the coastal defense departments I, III and IV as a department doctor. In between he worked as a senior physician at the ship artillery school . From April 1, 1924 to September 30, 1926, Sontag took part in a further training course in Berlin at the university clinic there; during this time he was officially subordinate to the station doctor of the naval station of the Baltic Sea. On May 1, 1926, he was promoted to Chief Navy Officer. From October 1, 1926, Sontag worked in Wilhelmshaven as a division physician for the North Sea ship master division and senior physician at the naval hospital as well as an on-site physician. This use ended on March 23, 1929. He then worked until September 28, 1930, department head in the marine medicine department of the naval management. On October 1, 1930, Sontag was promoted to senior naval surgeon general. In this rank he served as advisor G I until March 28, 1933.

From March 29, 1933 to December 20, 1940, Sontag was head of the Baltic Sea Medical Office and station doctor at the Baltic Sea Naval Station. On April 1, 1934 he was promoted to naval doctor and on April 1, 1938 to admiral doctor.

Sontag was probably seriously ill; from December 21, 1940 to January 31, 1941 he was officially at the disposal of the commanding admiral of the Baltic Naval Station . He died just days after his last day on active duty.

literature

• Gerhard Beckmann, Klaus-Ulrich Keubke, Ralf Mumm: Naval officers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 1849–1990. In: Writings on the history of Mecklenburg. Schwerin 2006. ISBN 978-3-00-019944-8 .
• Dermot Bradley (eds.), Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945. The military careers of naval, engineering, medical, weapons and administrative officers with admiral rank. Volume 3: P-Z. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1700-3 . Pp. 343-344.

Web links

• Literature about Johannes Sontag in the state bibliography MV